Machine for catching insects.



W. L. HESTERIY.

MACHINE FOR CATCHINAG INSECTS.

AkPLlcATloN man JAN. 15. 1915.

Patented' 00h12, 191,5.

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Are'ucmon msn JAN. 1s. i915.

.UNITED STATES PATENT FFIQE. l

WILLIAM L.' HESTERLY. 0F MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA.

MACHINE FOR CATCHING INSECTS.

Application filed January 15. 1915.

To all whom t may Concern Be it known that 1, Wurm-vn L. llns'rnnLY. a citizen ot tho United States. residing at Morgan City, in the parish otl St. Mary and State ot Louisiana` have invented certain ne and useful improvements in Machines for tatching Insects; and l do hereby declare the following to 'be a t'ull. clear. and

exact description ot the invention. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to machines tor catching insects, such as canemoths, boll weevils, .and` other destructive,insects. and

one (if the principal objects ot the invention is to provide amachine ot simple construction to be used during the night time and which will comprise a light or lights to attract the insects and a suction t'an and a large Haring intake element to draw the insects in and deposit them in a cage. mounted over a. tank or container t'or hot water in which the insects 'are deposited and destroyed. y

4The foregoing and other objects and advantages may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompan ving drawings, in which- Figure'1 isa side elevation and partial section of", a itlachine for catching insects made in accordance with this invention. Fig. is a top plan view ot' the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section ot' the cage and the water tank, and Fig. t is a vertical transverse section of the same.

Referring to the drawings. the numeral 1 designates a wagon bed properly mounted upon wheels 2 and provided with a pair ot thills o1' a wagon tongue. 3. Mounted upon 40 the wagon body 1 is a tan casing Jr. provided with a suitable t'an 5. and connected at one side ot the fan casing 4 is an intake pipe f3 having a tial-ing intake now/.le 7 Connected thereto and extending out centrally toward the rear of thewagon body l. At opposite, sides of the intake nozzle 7 are. suitable lamps 8 which may be either electric or ot other type, and may be, provided with tl'lel tubes t) leading to the, supply` tank 10.` The tan shaft extends trom the .opposite side ofthe, casing 4 from the'intakepipe (3 and is provided with a suitable. pt ilteyudl comiected `by means ot' abel't 12to a suitable motor rl`he tan S is rotated asasuction t'an, and the outlet end 1t ot the tan casing 4 has conl- Specification of Letters Patent.

fuel tank Q6.

Patented Gct. 12, 1915.

`serial No. 2.388.

nected to it a discharge pipe la which leads down through the wagon-body 1. and is supported at its upper end upon said wagon body. while the discharge end ot the pipe 15 -is disposed within a wire cloth cage 16. rlhe wire cloth cage 16 is suitably secured underneath the wagon body 1. The pipe 15 extends through an opening 1T in the wagon body 1. .andthe discharge end 1S is disposed Iswing on the hinge 20 for discharging its contents whenever desired.

For heating the water in the tank 21. a burner "24 is disposed underneath the tank, and a pipe 25 leads trom the. burner to a rI`he pipe 25 is connected to the tank 26 b v a swinging joint 27, so that the burner 2t may be swung out of the way when it is -desired to discharge the contents of the tank 21.

'lhe operation of the machine may be briefly described as follows: '.lhe machine is drawn over the cane field or over the cotton field atfniglit and the lamps S are lighted and the fan is started in motion as the machine is drawn along. 'l`he insects are attracted by the light. and after they get any where near -the flaring intake element 7, they are drawn in and deposited in the cage and in the tank`2l. (lane moths, boll wee-- vils and other insects are readily caught by means ot' lthis machine. while the expense ot' operation is comparatively slight.

Various changes may be made in the details ot construction withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

What is claimed isz- 1. In a machine of the character described. the combination with a fan casing. an intake nozzle. lights'. and a discharge pipe leading from the fan casing. of a wirel cloth cage for receiving thel insects. said cage having a deflector partition of heavy wire cloth. and a water tank hinged below Hw end of said n, .Mesem cage, and a burner for beati ,9; the Water in' having a Water tank hinged to the lower 10 said tank. end thereof, and a burner for heating the 2. In a' machine of the chgiiacter described, Water in said tank., the combination of a Vehicle body, a fan cae In testimony whereof affix my signature ing mounted @n the vehicle body, an intake in presence of two Witnesses.

pipe conneeled toiihe cesinfggf'a Haring in- Y WiLLIAM. L. HESTERLY. ke dement connected to the pipe, e dis- Witnesses: :innige pipe connected to the casing, a cage FRANK VAUGHAN,

I in which seid pipe discharges, said cage BURD CLEMENT. 

